full-disclosure - Re: htaccess files should not be used for security restrictions

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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:28:40 -0400
From: Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@...aix.net>
To: Bogdan Calin <bogdan@...netix.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: htaccess files should not be used for
 security restrictions

Thank you for the article.

All-in-all I find it to be more centric to the design of the software or
beit in this case PHP apps and not as the subject suggests ".htaccess"
files.

There are way too many "get-ritch-quick" upcoming PHP scripters out
there that are not aware or even nearly knowledgeable about the
configuration of one webserver more or less the multiple main stream
systems that are out there. Not to mention the drop-in web services that
require nearly no knowledge of what your doing that are unmanaged.

But all that set aside, and no matter what the deployed application is,
it is worthwhile to make an attempt to educate them on the possible
drawbacks of not performing certain tasks after installation.

Too bad there is no "Sensitive Information Section" in readme files and
other documentation that lists files a user/admin needs to make a
judgement on.

Anyway... informative article and thank you again.

On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 04:59:56PM +0300, Bogdan Calin wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I wrote a blog post about security issues related with htaccess files.
> http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-zone/articles/htaccess-security/
> 
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